Alabama Shakespeare Festival to hold art auctions tonight

Photo by Ben FlanaganThe auctions will take place in the patrons lobby at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Blount Cultural Park.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will hold its final Silver Anniversary Celebration event tonight at 5:30 p.m. with a pair of auctions featuring more than 40 pieces of visual art inspired by the festival.

There will be a silent auction at 5:30 p.m. and a live auction at 7:30 p.m., both in the ASF patrons lobby.

Proceeds from the auction go to support the work of the theater. More than 30 Alabama artists created the works using different types of media and styles. The pieces have also traveled as a collection across the state and were even recently on exhibit at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.